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Matt Grohe, RE/MAX Real Estate Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA 50322. Matt is licensed in Iowa.
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Michael Penniman 19,of West Des Moines, Iowa suffered a serious spinal injury in late January of this year. He is now confined to a wheel chair. He has slight mobility of his right thumb and can twitch his bicep but is otherwise paralyzed from the neck down. He has been rehabilitating at Craig Ho...
05/04/2012
March 2012 was a good month for buyers and sellers of real estate in the Des Moines area made up primarily of the cities of Altoona, Ankeny, Carlisle, Clive, Des Moines, Indianola, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines and comprising a population of about 562,000...
04/22/2012
Home sales rose for the ninth month in a row in the Des Moines area made up primarily of the cities of Altoona, Ankeny, Carlisle, Clive, Des Moines, Indianola, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines comprising a population of about 562,000 residents. According to ...
04/07/2012
Sales got off to a good start in 2012 in the Des Moines metro comprised primarily of the cities of Altoona, Ankeny, Carlisle, Clive, Des Moines, Indianola, Johnston, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines. Unit sales were up appx. 10% year on year from 388 units in January ...
04/07/2012
September 2011's home sales for the greater Des Moines area including Ankeny, Adel, Bondurant, Carlisle, Clive Cumming, Indianola, Johnston, Urbandale, West Des Moines, Windsor Heights rocketed 36% ahead of last year's and were up approximately 5% month on month as well. The average sales price r...
10/16/2011
A good thing just got better! The good people at the IFA, or Iowa Finance Authority have upped the amount of the incentive for qualifying first time homebuyers buying homes in Iowa to $3,500 from $2,500. According to the IFA's website "The IFA's mission is to finance, administer and preserve affo...
10/12/2011
The Des Moines area and no doubt the nation was shocked to hear the news that today, Friday April 8th at 2pm a real estate agent, Ashley Okland was shot while holding open a townhome project in West Des Moines. The news was especially upsetting because the young woman was only 27 and West Des Moi...
04/08/2011
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03/23/2011
Residential real estate sales statistics for 2011 in Ankeny, Altoona, Clive, Des Moines, Indianola, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, West Des Moines, Windsor Heights and surrounding areas from the Des Moines Area Association of REALTORS for the period from 02/01/2011 to 02/28/2011 show drops in both unit...
03/22/2011
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Matt Grohe is with RE/MAX Concepts, 8020 Douglas Ave Urbandale, IA. Matt is licensed in Iowa.